field experience

Well, I am a little over half way through my field experience at Springfield Catholic. I am working with one of her senior classes, so every time they meet (they are on block scheduling), I am there, which works out really nicely with my work schedule and allows me to consistently interact with the same group of students. Its been fun - I have had a chance to teach one whole class period and then I get to jump in every now and then with the current civil rights unit they are working through. The students are starting to get to know me and I'm really enjoying that.

However, starting next week, I am going to be transferring over to her mythology class for a couple of weeks. She wants me to lead out in a "Readers Theatre" mini-unit. I honestly know next to nothing about mythology - somehow I skipped that through high school and college so I was incredibly intimidated at first. But I was also jazzed to be able to take the lead in something more than just a single lesson. Thankfully, Zak Hamby helped out a lot last week!! So I have been working with my teacher this week to get everything set and ready and then tada - its all me! I'm nervous b/c its mythology but I'm so excited about getting to lead out. And then hopefully when we are done with that, I'll be able to go back to the senior class and do a short unit there too.

But overall, I feel like its been a great experience and I have learned a lot....which has made all the hassle worth it.